• JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee
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    20 days ago

    American here looking to buy a truck that’s not absurdly oversized and over priced. I need it to haul hay and bring garbage to the dump. I save a couple hundred a year for bringing my own garbage instead of doing trash pick up, and hay deliveries cost way more than they used to.
    Plus my rural area requires driving everywhere and the winters are pretty bad so a 4 wheel drive vehicle is good to have for going to work or emergencies.
    I’m looking into those tiny Japanese kei trucks as a potential alternative if I can’t find something that’s reasonable though.

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      20 days ago

      Let’s be honest here, the majority of Americans with trucks don’t live in a rural area. Rural life is different ofc, people not only have trucks here, but also tractors, telehandlers and whatnot.

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        20 days ago

        Even out here in the rural areas people who have these ridiculous, oversized, luxery trucks aren’t using them for actual work. I guess that was kinda my point. People who haul stuff want something affordable that can take a bit of a beating. Not some gas guzzling humongous thing that doesn’t even offer more hauling space.
        Those trucks are definitely not being built for work. I hate them because finding a decent work truck that won’t bankrupt me is becoming a huge hassle.